Attack on Wawa liquor law faces federal challenge
In Red Oak Iowa Judge Smith McPherson grants an injunction to restrain contempt citations tied to enforcement of the Iowa liquor law. Carroll county and Anti Saloon League seek to overturn the injunction method arguing it deprives property without due process and that attorney fees for prosecutors violate equal protection. case slated for hearing in Council Bluffs next term.
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Red Oak
Iowa
Federal Court of
Smith McPherson
Anti-Saloon League
Carroll County
Council Bluffs
Cummins Opens Battle at Progressive Dinner in Des Moines
Senator Albert B. Cummins urged progressives to back pro reform candidates in Iowa and oppose standpatters. He attacked Congressman Hull for loyalty to business interests, called for freer freight rates, and hinted at a progressive governor candidate against Governor Carroll. Judge S. F. Prouty spoke as Hull’s supporter within the progressive campaign.
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Des Moines
Albert B. Cummins
Savery
Iowa
Congress
Hull
Cannon
C. C. Dowell
B. F. Carroll
8. F. Prouty
Captain Hull
Cummins
Farmer Joseph Thomas Held After Beating Teacher
Nevada Iowa January 3 Joseph Thomas Hamilton county farmer accused of whipping Professor E E Coe principal of Williams schools is found guilty in justice court and held to the grand jury under 500 dollars bonds. Witnesses say he boasted of the assault and the teacher bears a black eye as proof. The trouble stemmed from the professor punishing Thomas' son for a claimed wrongdoing.
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Nevada
Joseph Thomas
Hamilton County
Thomas
E. E. Coe
Williams
Rome Honors Explorer Shackleton With Luncheon
Lieutenant Ernest H. Shackleton and his wife arrived in Rome. Mayor Nathan hosted a luncheon in his honor with guests including Count Guicciardini and Sir J. Rennell Rodd. Shackleton lectured on his Antarctic expedition before the king, queen, and Italian notables.
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Eternal City
Shackleton
Rome
Ernest H. Shackleton
Nathan
Count Guicciardini
J. Rennell Rodd
Saloon Corruption Probe Moves to Grand Jury
Marshalltown Iowa civic league asks Judge Parker to direct a grand jury investigation into unverified rumors that county attorney J H Egermayer was paid by saloons to approve decrees. Egermayer urged the inquiry and notified Attorney General Byers, who promised to come and take charge. No saloons are operating today.
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Marshalltown
The
Civic League
J. M. Parker
J. H. Egermayer
Egermayer
Byers
Judge Parker
Washington
Plans for New League to Cut Food Prices
Women in Washington and wives of congressmen met to discuss a national anti-trust league aimed at lowering food prices. Promoters say they have backing from senators and representatives and will form state leagues. They claim no law clash due to boycotts as the goal is price reduction not targeting firms. Members would abstain from buying foods priced high.
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Washington
National Capital
Senate
House
Fog Causes Wrecks In Dense Indianapolis Fog
A dense fog over Indianapolis and nearby areas is blamed for multiple traction wrecks. Four people were likely fatally injured in a head on collision between two limited interurban cars on the Terre Haute Indianapolis and Eastern line near Greenfield Indiana.
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Indianapolis
Terre Haute
Eastern Road
Greenfield
Ind
Polish champion Zbyszko defeats Beell in straight falls
Zbyszko the Polish champion and Gotch challenger defeated Fred Beell of Marshfield Wisconsin in two straight falls before about 4000 spectators at the Sixth Regiment Armory in Buffalo on January 3.
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Buffalo
Jan
Zbyszko
Frank Gotch
Fred Beell
Marshfield
Wis
Sixth Regiment
Weston Plans One More Transcontinental Walk
Veteran pedestrian Edward Payson Weston announced a new bid to walk from ocean to ocean within 100 days, aiming for a fastest transcontinental journey. The plan follows his long historical pedestrian career and will begin from the Atlantic coast and end at the Pacific.
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New York
Edward Payson Weston
Ocean
Fire Wrecks Tobacco Stores in Alexandria
Alexandria Egypt January 3 A large fire gutted customs tobacco stores housing tobacco valued at five million dollars. The total loss is reported at one and one half million dollars. Local authorities investigated the cause and secured the scene.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Customs
Banker Morse Sentenced and Exiled to Atlanta Prison
Former banker Charles W. Morse left New York in U S Marshal custody to begin a fifteen year federal prison term in Atlanta for violations of national banking laws.
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Atlanta
New York
Charles W. Morse
United States
Marshal Henckel
Southern Railroad
Interior Minister Travntaphyllakes Resigns in Athens
In Athens on Jan 3 the interior minister M Travntaphyllakes resigned his post. The move follows political tensions within the government and prompts questions about successor plans and the cabinet’s future.
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Athens
Interior
M. Travntaphyllakes
Clergyman Quits Church Amid Episcopal Deposition
Middleboro Mass January 3 Rev William Bayard Hale former rector of the Church of Our Saviour withdraws from the Episcopal list of clergy and is deposed by Bishop Whittaker of Pennsylvania. Hale a noted writer and former managing editor of the Public Ledger Philadelphia prepared a major interview with Emperor William of Germany for a New York magazine which was not published at officials request.
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William Hale
Episcopal Organization
Middleboro
Mass
William Bayard Hale
Church of Our Saviour
Episcopal Church
Whittaker
Pennsylvania
Hale
The
Public Ledger
Philadelphia
Paper Trust Probe Begun in New York Investigation
Herman Ridder of the American Newspaper Publishers Association alerted Attorney General Wicker Sham to banquet remarks by a representative of International Paper alleging A P Hastings advised mills on prices. U.S. Attorney Wise of New York requested specifications. The committee listed eight points on market restrictions and price coordination among newsprint mills.
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American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
United States
Attorney Wise
New York
Herman Ridder
Wicker Sham
International Paper Company
American Paper and Pulp Association
A. C. Hastings
John Norris
Publishers’ Association
Rocky Mountains
American Paper and Pulp Association of Daily
Priest Grogan shoots self in New York hotel
Rev. Richard C. Grogan, elderly priest from West Hartford Donn, at Grand Union hotel Jan 3 attempted death by own action with a bullet near his right temple. Attendants admitted him after he calm explained a brain storm and sought to end his life. He will recover and gave no motive.
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Richard C. Grogan
Self
New York Hotel
New York
West Hartford
Grand Union Hotel
Father Grogan
Agnes Booth Dies at Home in Brookline Heart Trouble
Agnes Booth famed actress of past decades dies at age 63 in her Brookline home after nearly a year of heart trouble. She was wife of John B. Schoeffel, Tremont theater manager in Boston.
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Brookline
Boston
Agnes Booth
John B. Schoeffel
Tremont Theater
Ice Gorges Cause $50,000 Levee Damage in St Louis
Ice jams on the Mississippi breached the St Louis levee causing about $50,000 in damage as floating ice swept away docks and structures along the riverfront. The January 3 report details destruction from the sudden ice movement.
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Mississippi
St. Louis
Jan
Mississippi River
Drainage Ditch Project Costs Listed for Two Counties
Drainage district No. 3 on the line between Winnebago and Kossuth counties has an estimated total cost of $191,561.63, according to the boards of supervisors of both counties.
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Forest City
Winnebago
Kossuth
Boards of Supervisors
Schooner Alice McDonald Wrecked Off Point Loma
San Francisco reports the three masted schooner Alice McDonald bound from Everett Washington to the port with lumber struck rocks off Point Loma. The crew was saved and no injuries are mentioned.
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San Francisco
Alice McDonald
Everett
Wash
Point Loma
Ninth Action Alleges Contempt by Former Paper and Fiber Officials
The suit accuses former leaders of General Paper Co and the Fiber and Manila Pool of contempt of court by willfully defying injunctions and prohibition orders.
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Wich
General Paper Companies
Fiber and
Manilla Pool
Merry Maker May Die After Gown Fire On New Year
Mrs. Charles P. F. Ellis lies critically burned after her gown caught fire during a Fifth Avenue restaurant celebration on New Year's Eve. Doctors express grave concern as theories about how the blaze started circulate, including a dropped match and cracker bonbons at the table.
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New York
Charles PF. Ellis
Fifth Avenue
Labor Fights Steel Trust Fight Raised Funds for Labor War
The American Federation of Labor calls its 1,540,000 members to subscribe to a fund to challenge the steel trust. It sentences the corporation as a danger to labor and the country and as a law violator, seeking an immediate 154000 dollars with more to follow as the campaign progresses.
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Washington
American Federation of Labor
Steel Trust
Woman dies after exploding celluloid combs fire
Lancaster Pa Jan 3 Mrs Mazie McLane wife of Deputy Recorder Melane fatally burned when she lit a gas flame and tossed a match into a tray The burning match set celluloid combs on fire and ignited her night dress causing her death several hours later
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Lancaster
Mazie McLane
Melane
Market Report Chicago Jan 38 1910 Hogs and cattle mixed results
Estimated receipts 28300 hogs and 18000 cattle. Market strong at Saturday’s best time with light hogs 8 00 to 8 40, mixed packers 8 50 to 8 80, heavy shipping grades 8 10 to 8 55, rough 8 20 to 8 39. Sheep up to 10 higher. Left over from yesterday 2990.
Hog market report from Chicago January 3 1910
Second report shows estimated receipts today 24000 and official receipts yesterday 8518 with shipments 2680 and leftovers 2090. Tomorrow's receipts forecast at 22000 as porker prices range from 8 35 to 8 45 with heavy ships at 8 60 and light packs between 8 50 and 8 60.
Estimated Receipts At 2000 Market Report
Estimated receipts show steady to higher cattle. beeves at 4 to 10. cows and heifers 420 to 780. Texas steers 210 to 650. stockers and feeders 400 to 620. Western cattle 300 to 525. Native sheep 360 to 600. Western sheep 375 to 600. yearlings 6 0 to 7 85. lambs 5 75 to 8 65. Western lambs 6 00 to 8 60.
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Texas
Chicago Market Closing Prices Jan 3 1910
The market showed higher activity with gains of 10 to 15 cents over Saturday. Bulk 8 40 to 8 60, light 8 10 to 8 55, mixed packers 8 20 to 8 60, heavy ship's grades 8 30 to 8 65, rough 8 30 to 8 40. Cattle strong, sheep steady.
John A. Babcock Case at North American Live Stock
John A. Babcock case at North American Live Stock Commission Company in Chicago involves U S stockyards matters. The brief centers on the legal action and its implications for the Chicago livestock market.
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Live Stock Commission Company
U. & Stock Yards
Chicago
TLL
Mystery surrounds New York man's death at factory loft
Mor ris Nathan son a wealthy real estate holder and clothing maker was found dead in his factory loft bound to a chair with gas escaping. No marks of violence. rope bindings and torn letters suggest foul play. Partner Isaac Gold was detained then released on bond after inconsistencies between his account and his wife.
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New York
Iorris Nathanson
Nathanson
China refuses arbitration over Macao boundary with Portugal
China and Portugal failed to reach a settlement after five months of talks on the Macao boundary. Beijing sent a formal ultimatum stating it will not consent to arbitration, insisting only China and Portugal can settle the dispute themselves.
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Portugal
Peking
China
Macao
Paris Journal regrets Bacon stand on tariff talks
Paris paper notes ambassador Bacon spoke at the Elysee before President Fallieres and regrets no reference to US France economic ties. It warns that unless an agreement is reached by March 31 a tariff war seems inevitable.
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Paris
Ambassador Bacon
Journal Des Debats
Elysee Palace
Fallieres
France
United States
Wreck of Knickerbocker Special blamed on wreckers
Bellefontaine Ohio January 3 railroad officials say the Big Four Knickerbocker special No. 18 wreck at Dawn Station was caused by wreckers. The missing lock and lamp from the open switch were found in a distant cornfield. Engineer John Meyers and fireman William Eisle are badly hurt with poor prospects for recovery.
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Bellefontaine
Four Perish In Jersey City Tenement Fire
Four lives were lost and three injured in a Jersey City tenement blaze. One man leaped from a fourth story window and died. A woman died after being found in her apartment clutching her baby. A child was rescued. investigators suspect incendiary origin.
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Jersey City
New York
Aged Man Slays His Wife Then Kills Self in Munhall
Pittsburg, Jan. 3. Winfield Gibson, 48, of Munhall suburb, shot and killed his wife, seriously wounded a son, fired three shots at a fleeing daughter, and then killed himself in a family tragedy.
New York Mayor Gaynor Lists Appointments and Murphy Relations
Mayor Gaynor released a partial list of appointments via Robert Adamson and described his relations with Tammany leader Charles F. Murphy. He asserted Murphy urged him to appoint the best men, while noting Murphy’s public image and urging reform. Appointees include Archibald Watson as counsel and Calvin Tompkins as docks commissioner among others.
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New City
Charlies F. Murphy
Tiger
A. R. Watson
New York
Gaynor
Robert Adamson
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Charles F. Phy
Mr. Gaynor
Archibald R. Watson
Chamberlain
Charles H. Hyde
Calvin Tompkins
Charities
Michael J. Drummond
H. S. Thompson
Coroner Handles Thirty Cases In New York Day
New York coroner's office processed thirty cases with one possible murder and several unusual deaths. A man shot himself on Madison Square marble steps after writing a courteous note of apology to the coroner for the act.
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New York
Madison Square
Collision in Irish Channel sinks two steamers
In the Irish Channel the British steamers Ayrshire bound for Durban and Arcadia for Glasgow collided. Arcadia sank in five minutes with twelve Lascars drowning after returning for their pay. Ayrshire with 200 passengers was badly damaged but towed to Holyhead by tugs.
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London
Durban
Arcadia
Glasgow
Holyhead
Hayward Attacks Filing Fee Law on Foreign Corporations
Secretary of State Hayward reiterates in Davenport interview that Iowa’s filing fees for foreign corporations are unfair, a contention he has voiced previously. The remarks were reported in a Davenport publication.
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Hayward
Des Moines
Davenport
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Grand Jury
Parker
Beell
Weston
Morse
Miss Hedges
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Hedges
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Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
Columbia University
John Borris
Priest
Merrymaker
LABOR
Hoes
Grain Market
Beach-Wickham Grain Company
Postal Telegraph
John A. Babcock
New New York
Tammany
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